Two urgent actions were released which people can
respond to. On the 2 April The Asian Human Rights Commission
released a u/a concerning the assault on three Papuans by
Police officers in Nabire. The Asian Human Rights Commission
(AHRC) has received information regarding the attack by
members of the Mobile Brigade of the Nabire District Police
on three Papuans in Nabire. The Papuans were attacked
following a petty dispute between them and the officers at
Kalibobo futsal pitch. One of the Papuans was stabbed in his
back with a bayonet whereas two others were taken to the
police station. One of them was stabbed with a bayonet in
his left eyebrow. http://www.humanrights.asia/news/urgent-appeals/AHRC-UAC-047-2014

On
the 26 March AI released a u/a concerning seven Papuan
activists imprisoned Sorong. Amnesty International calls for
the immediate and unconditional release of seven Papuan
activists in Sorong district, West Papua province in
Indonesia, imprisoned solely for the peaceful exercise of
their human rights. http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA21/008/2014/en

The RegionThe newly appointed Vanuatu Ambassador to
the United Nations (UN), Odo Tevi, has vowed that he will
continue to pursue the issues of West Papua and the human
rights, Matthew and Hunter Islands, the climate change and
other Vanuatu agenda with the UN once he takes up his
position in New York. http://www.dailypost.vu/content/tevi-i-will-give-un-no-restVanuatu also marked the 26th anniversary of the signing
of the Melanesian Spearhead Group Cooperation Agreement. In
his keynote address to mark the March 14th date, Prime
Minister Moana Carcasses quoted the country's first Prime
Minister, the late Father Walter Lini, who said Vanuatu is
still not free if all Melanesia is not free. Mr Carcasses
quoted Father Lini on the very spot where the founding
Fathers of MSG signed the MSG Cooperation Agreement 26 years
ago. He reminded the MSG that it is their duty to stand
together to support the decolonization processes for
self-determination for New Caledonia, West Papua as well as
Tahiti until all of them are free of colonial rule.
(RNZI)

The Pacific Conference of Churches General
Secretary, Reverend Francois Pihaatae says said the church
has remained silent for too long and therefore played a part
in the victimisation of Papuans. He was speaking at the
launch of the single Rise Morning Star - Freedom for West
Papua by well known Fijian musician Seru Serevi. http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/pacific-churches-asked-to-speak-about-papua/1276876
An Indonesian delegation which included a number of Papuans
visited Fiji early in March. The Papuan members of the
delegation gave a public lecture at the University on the
Special Autonomy in Papua and were questioned vigorously by
the students. The Solomon Islands Prime Minister says
any self-determination efforts in Indonesia's Papua region
must be made in conjunction with Jakarta. Gordon Darcy Lilo
and other leaders in the Melanesian Spearhead Group are
considering a bid for membership by the indigenous
Melanesians of Papua region. Mr Lilo, who says Jakarta has
taken heed of his call for an end to abuses by security
forces in Papua, describes Indonesia's legitimacy over the
region as unquestionable. He says the choice by West Papuans
to join Indonesia was made with the 1969 Act of Free Choice,
although the referendum is widely regarded as having been
stage-managed. "They've done that. And it was done under the
auspices of the United Nations. We need to respect that
process. We need to work within that legitimate authority
that they've made a decision on and make a point where we
can find a way for that legitimate authority to make a
decision whether or not the choice of autonomy or the choice
of an independent autonomy will be the path that both
parties will agree to put an agenda on to work towards into
the future." Gordon Darcy Lilo (RNZI21 March 2014)

Shootings/IncidentsA joint police and military
patrol killed a suspected separatist and arrested four
others on the 15 March in Puncak Jaya. The military and
police were on a joint patrol heading to Kota Mulia when the
officers encountered a group of armed men who started
shooting at the patrol. One of the men was wounded in the
encounter and died en route to a local hospital Two of four
arrested had also been injured but had received treatment at
hospital. The Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe said the attack
on the security patrol was purely criminal. “They are not
fighting for independence. This group’s action is purely
criminal,” In a report in Jubi the governor said that The
Yambi group has always engaged in extortion and all that
stuf

An army soldier and a police officer were
injured in a clash with an armed group on the PNG border on
the 5 April in the Skouw-Wutung area. Approximately 40
people were involved in the incident at the border post. The
group blocked the road and lowered the Indonesian flag and
raised the West Papuan and UN flags. They also lighted a
fire. The firefight continued for sometime and according to
a local resident it was Mathias Wenda’s group involved in
the incident. The group eventually fled across the border
into PNG. Cendrawasih District Military Command (Kodam)
chief Maj. Gen. Christian Zebua said during a visit to
Skouw-Wutung on Sunday that the border crossing has been
temporarily closed. Aside from maintaining security ahead of
the legislative election and on Election Day itself, the
closure is also aimed at securing the area after a shoot-out
between security officers and armed civilians,”

News in BriefScholar says Papuans should lead local
response to HIV/AIDSRNZI Updated at 4:44 pm on 3 April
2014 An Australian researcher says NGOs led by indigenous
Papuans should play a bigger role in the response to
HIV/AIDS in the Indonesian province. Jenny Munro is a
cultural anthropologist at the Australian National
University, and been involved in recent studies on HIV/AIDS
in West Papua. She says government studies have shown HIV
affects about 2.5 percent of the indigenous population,
although some scholars believe it could be much worse. That
compares to about 1.8 percent of the migrant Indonesian
population.Ms Munro says one of the factors is that most
Papuans tend to live in rural areas. "There really are very
limited HIV information and testing and treatment services
outside major cities, another big issue is that sort of the
Indonesian perspective and international models often put
forward by donors are still setting the agenda so to speak."
Jenny Munro says Papuan NGOs have the community links and
cultural expertise to deliver more effective prevention and
treatment programmes.

Buchtar Tabuni asks for
protection from international communityJayapura, (23/3)
Jubi – Buchtar Tabuni, who is on a Papua police wanted
list, asked the international community to provide
protection and security for him in accordance with the
international humanitarian law. “Buchtar Tabuni sent this
message from his hiding place. He needs international
advocacy because he has become the most wanted person by the
Police and Indonesian Military for leading a peaceful
demonstration to declare a referendum for West Papua. He has
been hiding in the jungle of Papua for five months” Victor
Yeimo told to Jubi on Sunday (23/3) via a text message.
Yeimo who is a political prisoner in Abepura Prison said
Tabuni has moved from from one place to another while on the
run and had difficulties in getting food and medicines.
After the peaceful demonstration on 26 November 2013 that
led to clashes between the National Committee for West Papua
with security forces, the Police Chief of Jayapura City, the
Adjunct Commissionaire Senior Alfred Papare asked Tabuni as
the person in charge to come to the Police Office to provide
information. “We ask Buchtar Tabuni to come to the
Papua Police in order to provide information related to the
protest,” Papare said at that time. One week later police
put him on the wanted list for ignoring the summons.
(Jubi/Victor Mambor/rom) (Jubi 24 March)

Gold mine in
Digeuwo practice high prostitution, parliament member
saysJubi March 29, 2014Jayapura, 28/3 ( Jubi ) –
Member of Papua Legislative Council, Charles Simaremare is
concerned about the adverse effects of mining in Degeuwo
people, Paniai Regency, Papua since the practice of
prostitution in the gold mining region is quite high. ”
Moreover, the circulation and consumption of alcoholic
beverages in that location can be harmful such as the
transmission of HIV / AIDS. We only take small aircraft
because the region is isolated,” Simare- mare said on
Friday (28/3). The communities who live in the area
confirmed that gold mining existence has been improving the
economy of local residents. “Yes, people told me that
their economic condition is increasing although the goods
prices are more expensive. The location was in the middle of
the forest yet there is electricity and telephone networks,
” he said. He further said that the livelihoods of local
communities is a traditional mining by perforating the
mountains to search gold” Why the government is not
monitoring it, if it is ignored, the spread of HIV / AIDS
will be increasing rapidly, ” he said. Previously,
secretary of the Department of Mines and Energy of Papua
province Fred Boray, said Governor of Papua, Lukas Enembe
has instructed Degeuwo gold mine to shutdown because it
does not benefit local community. ” At this location,
there is rampant prostitution used for exchange payment with
gold. Actually, the region must be interfered because until
now there are over 10 thousands miners, ” he said. He
added mostly all gold mines do not have a license while the
gold continued to be dredged. “The government must
handle it seriously because it is governor’s instruction,
” he said. ( Jubi / Arjuna/ Tina) http://tabloidjubi.com/en/?p=1828

SICK YAHUKIMO RESIDENTS UNTREATED DUE TO HEALTH
WORKERS SHORTAGEJayapura, 20/3 (Jubi) – Because of a
shortage of health workers in Walma district in Yahukimo,
many sick people have been left untreated and died, said a
local student. Urbanus Iksomon, a student from Yahukimo told
reporters in Jayapura Thursday (20/3) he and other students
conducted a survey for four months there and found that many
nurses and doctors avoided work and preferred to live in
Wamena and Jayapura. “The Department of Health should
monitor all the nurses and doctors who do not work well and
refuse to treat sick patients, while they still get paid,”
Iksomon said. As a result, some people who were sick died
without getting medical treatment, he said. He said in some
villages, there was no single health worker. As many as 51
district heads hardly showed up for work and failed to take
an action on public complaints about issues such as
education, health and infrastructure, the student said. Dr
Raflus Doranggi, member of Aids Control Commission in
Jayapura, said the maternal and child health condition in
Papua is very alarming. “The health issue in Papua is
not only at the technical level but a lack of an effective
regulatory framework by the legislature,” Raflus told tabloidjubi.com. (Jubi / Aprila/
Tina)

Crops damaged, Sabonm People face
starvation.Merauke, 10/3 ( Jubi ) – Residents of Sabon
village in Merauke regency are facing a possible famine
after their tuber and banana crops were damaged by seawater.
Sabon village head Petrus Buniawi said seawater entered
villagers’ farms at a height of approximately one meter.
“The houses are safe because they are generally stilt
houses,”he told tabloidjubi.com at Pangkat hall in
Kelapa Lima, Merauke, Papua on Monday (10/3) . However,
Buniawi said, crops such as tubers, vegetables and bananas
which were ready for harvest were destroyed. “Frankly,
the people just let it go and are not able to do much. We
hope that the government can help us,” Buniawi said. A
member of the Merauke Representatives Council, Dominikus
Ulukyanan such the incident in Sabon happened almost every
year and the government must come up with the right solution
to prevent similar disasters in the future. Merauke regent,
Romanus Mbaraka said the government has distributed aid
including 60 tons of rice and other basic necessities to
Waan district for the last few weeks. “I have received
the report and instructed officials to deliver assistance so
the people can have their daily meals” said Romanus. (
Jubi / Frans L Kobun/ Tina ) (Jubi 11 March)

Benny Wenda has called for a boycott of the Indonesian
election. Benny’s statement at http://freewestpapua.org/2014/03/16/benny-wendas-statement-on-boycotting-the-indoensian-elections/
Victor Yeimo of the KNPB also urged the people of Papua from
Sorong to Merauke not to vote in legislative elections
(Pileg) and presidential elections (presidential) in 2014. "
I say to all members of KNPB wherever you are and all over
West Papuan civilians to boycott the colonial Indonesia, "
said Victor to majalahaselangkah.com, Sunday ( 06 / 04
) " Because the fate of the nation of Papua will be
determined through a referendum later. KNPB This is an
official stance, " he explained.

Transmigration
program no longer implemented in PapuaJayapura, 1/3 (
Jubi ) – The Department of Labor and Demography in Papua
province said that there will be no transmigration program
in Indonesia ‘s easternmost region. ” The other
provincial governments in Indonesia still consider
implementing the transmigration program, but not for the
Province of Papua,” department head Yan Piet Rawar said in
Jayapura on Thursday (3/4) . To control the population in
Papua, the provincial government already has a provincial
regulation (Perdasi) No. 11 of 2013. “The population of
Papua should reach 20 million before a new transmigration
program can be implemented, ” he explained. When asked
about the impact of the influx of people from outside Papua,
he acknowledged the number increased every year but was
under control.“We’ve socialized Perdasi No. 11 of
2013 to the regencies and cities in Papua as people from
outside who came to Papua is growing each year. One of the
reasons is employment opportunities, ” he said. He hopes
that this regulation can be implemented well if there is
cooperation and coordination between the regencies and
cities in Papua. ” Yes, the people who enter Papua can
not be easily recorded and hopefully the implementation of
e-ID card can collect accurate population data, ” he said.
While, the Governor of Papua Lukas Enembe said, currently
Papuans do not need new provinces but more welfare in all
sectors.“So far, about 60 percent of Papuans are not
ready for new provinces. If we force the split, it will
create new problems,” said Luke. ( Jubi / Alex/ Tina)
(Jubi 4 April)

Papuans welcome Jokowi
Sita W Dewi and Nethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post,
Sat, April 05 2014Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle
(PDI-P) presidential candidate Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is
spending the last weekend of the open campaign period
visiting the easternmost island of Papua, showing his
commitment to native Papuans. The Jakarta governor first
stopped in Sorong, West Papua, to refuel his chartered
airplane and visited a traditional market in the city. He
later continued onto Jayapura, Papua, and went straight to
Youtefa market in Abepura to meet with the locals. As usual,
Jokowi was welcomed like a celebrity. “I saw it with my
very own eyes, Jokowi is willing to meet with the people at
traditional markets, unlike any other president. Papuans
want him,” Linda Sanyi, a local resident, said. Another
native Papuan shared the sentiment. “I want him to become
president. He goes to traditional markets so he understands
people like us,” Berlin Wadi, a vendor, said. Jokowi, who
was heavily guarded by dozens of police, took his time
talking to the vendors and also brought home vegetables and
smoked fish. He later spoke before thousands of PDI-P
supporters at the PTC field. “No presidential candidate
has come here before, but I did, because the sun rises in
the east, in Papua,” said Jokowi, to a cheering audience.
He also promised Papuans that he would make Papua his
priority once he was elected president. “I understand that
Papua’s problems should be solved with heart, with real
work. I’m not going to promise you too many things, but
Papua’s resources should be used for Papuans’ own
well-being,” Jokowi said. He also expressed his optimism
that the PDI-P would seize a landslide victory in Papua.

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